penury

Word family adjectivepenuriousadverbpenuriouslynounpenurypenuriousness

pen·u·ry /ˈpenjəri/ noun [uncountableU]

formalPOOR the state of being very poor 贫穷，贫困 SYN poverty

He died in penury in 1644.

1644年他穷困潦倒而死。

—penurious /pəˈnjʊəriəs $ -ˈnʊr-/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

penury• But penury, though exasperating enough, was not the whole of his distress.• If any doctor had depended on us for his living, then he would have died in penury.• From the comparative opulence of 17-6 they then slipped into penury by conceding 18 unanswered points.• The show went into penury, I think.• While the rich could flaunt their wealth the numerous urban poor lived in a state of penury.• It transforms a state of wealth into a state of penury.• As long as they had their beloved stock market, they seemed not to mind their relative penury.

Origin penury

(1400-1500) Latin penuria

单词	penury
释义	penury Word family adjectivepenuriousadverbpenuriouslynounpenurypenuriousness pen·u·ry /ˈpenjəri/ noun [uncountableU] formalPOOR the state of being very poor 贫穷，贫困 SYN poverty He died in penury in 1644. 1644年他穷困潦倒而死。 —penurious /pəˈnjʊəriəs $ -ˈnʊr-/ adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus penury• But penury, though exasperating enough, was not the whole of his distress.• If any doctor had depended on us for his living, then he would have died in penury.• From the comparative opulence of 17-6 they then slipped into penury by conceding 18 unanswered points.• The show went into penury, I think.• While the rich could flaunt their wealth the numerous urban poor lived in a state of penury.• It transforms a state of wealth into a state of penury.• As long as they had their beloved stock market, they seemed not to mind their relative penury. Origin penury (1400-1500) Latin penuria
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